Singing for equality : hymns in the American antislavery and Indian rights movements, 1640-1855 /

"Before the American Civil War, men and women who imagined a multiracial American society (social visionaries) included Protestant hymns and psalms in their speeches and writings. Music affirmed the humanity and equality of Indians and blacks. Singing and reading Protestant hymns encouraged com...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Boots, Cheryl C.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 2013.
Temas:
1800-1899
Hymns > Political aspects > United States.
Civil rights movements > United States > Songs and music > History and criticism.
Antislavery movements > United States > Songs and music > History and criticism.
Political ballads and songs > United States > History and criticism.
Fiction > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Chants et musique > Histoire et critique.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > États-Unis > Chants et musique > Histoire et critique.
Chansons politiques > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Roman > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
MUSIC > Religious > Hymns.
Antislavery movements > Songs and music.
Civil rights movements > Songs and music.
Fiction > Social aspects.
Political ballads and songs.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction:. Recovering the lost soundtrack of American social visionaries
  • Seeing children of God or children of the devil in Massachusetts Bay
  • Singing nonconformist and Anglican hymns in the 18th century
  • Asserting racial equality with sacred verse in early America
  • Debating blacks' and Indians' humanity in the early republic
  • Affirming the humanity of early-antebellum blacks and Indians
  • Making space for Indians in early antebellum fiction, or not
  • Struggling to enlist support for the Cherokee people
  • Legitimating black emancipation with blacks' voices
  • Singing communities and the American anti-slavery society
  • Making space for blacks in late antebellum American fiction
  • Conclusion. Tracing the legacy of sacred music and American racial equality.

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